crossbeam

English

cross +‎ beam

crossbeam (plural crossbeams)

A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.
The workman hung a light from a crossbeam between the main joists.
(nautical) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.

a horizontal structural beam; a girder

Albanian: shtalkë (sq) f
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܗܪܡܣܐ m
Azerbaijani: atma
Crimean Tatar: tartma
Dutch: dwarsbalk (nl) m
Finnish: poikkipalkki, poikkipuu (fi)
Galician: travesa (gl), trabe (gl)
German: Balken (de) m
Greek: τραβέρσα (el) f (travérsa), διαδοκίδα (el) f (diadokída)
Ancient: στρωτήρ m (strōtḗr)
Icelandic: biti m, slá (is) f
Irish: bíoma trasna m
Italian: traversa (it) f
Korean: 심방 (ko) (simbang)
Latin: epistȳlium n, trānstrum n
Malay: alang, gulung-gulung
Maori: whiti, kaho
Middle English: traunsom
Norwegian: tverrbjelke m
Portuguese: travessa (pt) f
Romanian: spetează (ro) f
Russian: попере́чина (ru) f (poperéčina), ба́лка (ru) f (bálka), перекла́дина (ru) (perekládina)
Samoan: so'a
Spanish: barrote (es) m, sopanda (es) f, travesaño (es) m
Tagalog: balagbag

a beam laid across the bitts

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